See also:

• CYRIL (376-444)
• CYRIL (827-869)
• CYRIL (c. 315–386)

CYRIL See also:

• CYRIL TOURNEUR (c. 1575-1626)

TOURNEUR (c. 1575-1626)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was perhaps the son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner, See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff and subsequently See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• BRILL

Brill in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . See also:

• CYRIL (376-444)
• CYRIL (827-869)
• CYRIL (c. 315–386)

Cyril See also:

• TOURNEUR, CYRIL (c. 1575-1626)

Tourneur also served in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, for in 1613 there is a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record made of See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment to him for carrying letters to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels . He enjoyed a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces, possibly by way of See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for a See also:

• POST

post held before Brill was handed over to the Dutch in 1616 . In 1625 he was appointed by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• CECIL

Cecil, whose See also:

• FATHER

father had been a former governor of Brill, to be secretary to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . This See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment was cancelled by See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham, but Tourneur sailed in Cecil's See also:

• COMPANY

company to See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz . On the return voyage from the disastrous expedition he was put ashore at See also:

• KINSALE

Kinsale with other sick men, and died in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland on the 28th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1626 . (M . BR.) An allegorical poem, worthless as See also:

• ART

art and incomprehensible as See also:

• ALLEGORY (iXXos, other, and ayopeuav, to speak)

allegory, is his earliest extant See also:

• WORK

work; an See also:

• ELEGY

elegy on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, son of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I., is the latest . The two plays on which his fame rests, and on which it will See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest for ever, were published respectively in 1607 and 1611, but all students have agreed to accept the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence which assures us that the later in date of publication must be theearlier in date of See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition . His only other known work is an epicede on Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• VERE
• VERE, SIR FRANCIS (1560-1609)

Vere, of no See also:

• GREAT

great merit as See also:

• POETRY

poetry, but of some value as conveying in a straightforward and masculine See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style the poet's ideal conception of a perfect See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight or " happy See also:

• WARRIOR

warrior," comparable by those who may think See also:

• FIT

fit to compare it with the more nobly realized ideals of See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer and of See also:

• WORDSWORTH, CHARLES (1806–1892)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774–1846)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1807–1885)
• WORDSWORTH, DOROTHY (1771-1855)
• WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-185o)

Wordsworth . But if Tourneur had See also:

• LEFT

left on record no more memorable evidence of his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers than might be supplied by the survival of his elegies, he could certainly have claimed no higher See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among English writers than is now occupied by the Rev . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Fitzgeoffrey, whose voluminous and fervent elegy on Sir Francis See also:

• DRAKE, NATHAN (1766-1836)
• DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1545-1595)

Drake is indeed of more actual value, historic or poetic, than either or than both of Tourneur's elegiac rhapsodies .

The singular See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, the singular originality and the singular See also:

• LIMITATION, STATUTES OF

limitation of his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius are all equally obvious in The Atheist's Tragedy, a dramatic poem no less crude and puerile and violent in See also:

• ACTION

action and See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution than See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble and natural in expression and in style . The executive See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of the author is in the metrical parts of his first See also:

• PLAY

play so imperfect as to suggest either incompetence or perversity in the workman; in The Revenger's Tragedy it is so magnificent, so simple, impeccable and See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

sublime that the finest passages of this play can be compared only with the noblest examples of tragic See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue or See also:

• MONOLOGUE (from Gr. µovos, alone, and X yos, speech)

monologue now extant in English or in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . There is no trace of See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation or derivation from an See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien source in the genius of this poet . The first editor of See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster has observed how often he imitates See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare; and, in fact, essentially and radically See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent as is Webster's genius also, the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master may be traced not only in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of his style, the general See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of his composition, but now and then in a See also:

• DIRECT

direct and never an unworthy or imperfect See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo of Shakespeare's very phrase and See also:

• ACCENT

accent . But the resemblance between the tragic See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of Tourneur and the tragic verse of Shakespeare is simply such as proves the natural See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity between two great dramatic poets, whose See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration partakes now and then of the quality more proper to epic or to lyric poetry . The fiery impulse, the See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• MUSIC

music, the vivid See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of thought by jets of insuppressible See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, the perpetual sustenance of passion by the implacable persistency of thought, which we recognise as the dominant and distinctive qualities of such poetry as finds vent in the utterances of See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet or of See also:

• TIMON
• TIMON (c. 320-230)

Timon, we recognise also in the scarcely less magnificent poetry, the scarcely less fiery See also:

• SARCASM

sarcasm, with which Tourneur has informed the See also:

• PART

part of Vindice—a harder-headed Hamlet, a saner and more practically See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage and serious Timon . He was a satirist as passionate as See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal or See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift, but with a finer faith in goodness, a purer See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope in its ultimate See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security of See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph . This fervent constancy of spirit relieves the lurid gloom and widens the limited range of a tragic See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination which otherwise might be See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt as oppressive rather than inspiriting . His grim and trenchant See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour is as See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar in its sardonic passion as his eloquence is See also:

• ORIGINAL

original in the strenuous music of its cadences, in the See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll of its rhythmic See also:

• THUNDER

thunder . As a playwright, his method was almost crude and See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude in the headlong straightforwardness of its energetic simplicity ; as an artist in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, his See also:

• INTEREST

interest was intense but narrow, his power magnificent but confined; as a dramatic poet, the force of his genius is great enough to ensure him an enduring place among the foremost of the followers of Shakes eare . ((A . C .

S.) Sir Francis Vere, Knight . (1609) ; " A Griefe on the Death of Prince Henrie, Expressed in a Broken Elegie ," printed with two other poems by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Webster and See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HAYWOOD, ELIZA (c. 1693-1756)

Haywood as Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henry (1613); The Revengers Tragaedie (1607 and 1608); and an obscure See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, The Transformed See also:

• METAMORPHOSIS

Metamorphosis (1600) . The only other play of Tourneur's of which we have any record is The Nobleman, the MS. of which was destroyed by John See also:

• WARBURTON, BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE (1810-1852)
• WARBURTON, COLONEL SIR ROBERT (1842–1899)
• WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698–1779)

Warburton's See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook . This was entered on the Stationers' See also:

• REGISTER

Register (Feb . 15, 1612) as a " Tragecomedye called The Nobleman written by Cyrill Tourneur." In 1613 a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter from See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Daborne to See also:

• HENSLOWE, PHILIP (d. 1616)

Henslowe states that he has commissioned Cyril Tourneur to write one See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the promised See also:

• ARRAIGNMENT (from Lat. ad, to, and rationare, to reason, call to account)

Arraignment of See also:

• LONDON

London . " The Character of Robert, See also:

• EARL

earl of Salisburye, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord High Treasurer of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . written by Mr Sevill Turneur . . in a MS in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Lord Mostyn (Hist . See also:

• MSS

MSS . See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission, 4th See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report, appendix, p . 361) may reasonably be assigned to Tourneur . Although no See also:

• EXTERNAL

external evidence is forthcoming, Mr R . See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle names Tourneur as the collaborator of See also:

• MASSINGER, PHILIP (1583-1640)

Massinger in The Second Maid's Tragedy (licensed 1611) .

The Revenger's Tragedy was printed in See also:

• DODSLEY, ROBERT (1703-1764)

Dodsley's Old Plays (vol. iv., 1744, 1780 and 1825), and in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

Drama (181o. vol. ii.) . The best edition of Tourneur's See also:

• WORKS

works is The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur, edited with See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Introduction and Notes, by J . Churton See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins (1878) . See also the two plays printed with the masterpieces of Webster, with an introduction by J A . See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds, in the " Mermaid See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series " (1888 and 1903) . No particulars of Tourneur's See also:

• LIFE

life were available until the facts given above were abstracted by Mr See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon See also:

• GOODWIN, JOHN (c. 1594–1665)
• GOODWIN, NATHANIEL CARL (1857– )
• GOODWIN, THOMAS (1600-168o)
• GOODWIN, WILLIAM WATSON (1831– )

Goodwin from the See also:

• CALENDAR

Calendar of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers ( Domestic Series," 1628-1629, 1629—1631, 1631—1633) and printed in the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (May 9, 1891) . A critical study of the relation of The Atheist's Tragedy to Hamlet and other revenge-plays is given in See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor A . H . Thorndike's " Hamlet and Contemporary Revenge Plays " (Publ. of the Mod . See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang . Assoc., See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, 1902) . For the influence of See also:

• MARSTON, JOHN (c. 1575-1634)
• MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE (1850-1887)

Marston on Tourneur see E .

E . Stoll, John Webster .. . (1905, See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts); pp . 105—116 . (M .